Berea vs Brook Park

A side-by-side comparison of Berea and Brook Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Berea and Brook Park are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brook Park has the higher population (18,359 vs 18,330 in Berea). Berea has the higher median household income ($71,896 vs $67,178 in Brook Park). Berea has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $158,300 in Brook Park).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Brook Park
Population	18,330	18,359
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,896	$67,178
Median home value	$187,600	$158,300
Median gross rent	$981	$1,090
Housing units	7,345	8,302
Homeownership rate	73.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Brook Park
Population	18,788 → 18,330 (-2.4%)	18,617 → 18,359 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$59,511 → $71,896 (+20.8%)	$53,390 → $67,178 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $187,600 (+35.7%)	$118,400 → $158,300 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $981 (+15.8%)	$863 → $1,090 (+26.3%)

Berea

Population

18,78818,330

Median household income

$59,511$71,896

Median home value

$138,200$187,600

Median gross rent

$847$981

Brook Park

Population

18,61718,359

Median household income

$53,390$67,178

Median home value

$118,400$158,300

Median gross rent

$863$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Brook Park
Under 5	3.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	17.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.4%
75 and over	7.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Brook Park
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	82.8%
Black or African American	8.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Brook Park
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.5%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Brook Park
Drove alone	71.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	6.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Brook Park
1-unit, detached	74.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Brook Park
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1960	1961